Much of the offseason discussion over the last month has centered on the Warriors’ chances to make history now that they’ve added Kevin Durant to a team coming off a 73-win season. While most of us expect Golden State to be the NBA’s No. 1 team in 2016/17, it’s also worth taking a look at the clubs on the other end of the spectrum.

Very few NBA franchises head into training camp without playoff aspirations, but there are a handful of teams that will be facing a challenging uphill battle if they attempt to earn a trip to the postseason this season.

The Sixers, despite adding some veteran talent to go along with incoming rookies Ben Simmons and Dario Saric, are still in rebuilding mode, and the Nets are right there with them. The Suns and Lakers signed some veterans in free agency too, but it’s not clear whether either club has enough talent to even aim for a .500 record.

When ESPN released its Eastern and Western Conference forecasts for the 2016/17 season this week, those four clubs were the only ones projected to win less than 30 games. ESPN has the Suns down for 26 victories, with the Lakers (25), Sixers (20), and Nets (20) right behind them. Meanwhile, the Heat, Magic, Pelicans, Nuggets, and Kings are considered likely to compile win totals in the low-to-mid-30s, per ESPN.

What do you think? Which team will be the NBA’s worst in 2016/17? Will the Sixers earn that title for the second straight year, or will another club slip below them? Does ESPN’s projection model have it generally right, or is there a club heading for disaster that’s being overlooked?

Take to the comments section below to share your opinions on which team will be the worst in the NBA in 2016/17. We look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Those ‘knuckle head’ Sixers.are still the worst.
They never fully addressed the Point Guard Position.
Sergio has not played in the NBA since 2010 and the rest of the bunch really are SG’s that will be converted to sometimes PG’s

The Nets. They’re just sad, they lose 61 games and don’t get a draft pick they traded them all to Boston. The team is just a mess it’s Brook Lopez and nobody else. At least the 76ers have Okafor and Simmons to shout about.

I agree with nick; the Nets are going to be historically awful. I don’t think they’ll get close to 20 wins. i’ve been a T-Wolves fan up here in MN for a long time so I have some idea of how bad a team can be, and when I look at that team they are worse, on paper, then even the worst teams we’ve had here. I predict the Nets will win 10-12 games max.

Nets can’t win less games than last years team with Shane Larkin staring point guard and Andrea bargnani, Wayne Ellington, and Thomas Robinson getting big minutes. Lin is a huge upgrade from last years pgs. Plus they get full years of rondae Hollis Jefferson and Chris McCullough Also Lopez and Thad young were rested around the last 10 games of the year.
Sixer a return the same team plus Simmons, Bayless and Gerald Henderson still without an nba caliber pg. and they lost ish smith.

Nets had more that double the sixers 10 wins last year. I can’t imagine the sixers will double their win total and pass the nets.

Although nets Sixers and lakers are all pretty much locks for three worst teams